The fifth volume is full of awe and martial arts legends Chapter 255: The Power to Command Ghosts and Gods
On this day, outside the city of Luoyang, under the gaze of thousands of eyes, Li Muchan walked out of Luoyang alone, walked to the front of the young man, and sat at the other end of the low table.
“Bold!”
"presumptuous!"
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As soon as Li Muchan sat down and opened his mouth, those elite soldiers drew their swords and arrows, their eyes filled with murderous intent. The sharp blades that were slowly unsheathed emitted terrifying cold light under the morning sun.
These people took steps forward as if they were going to kill the daring and arrogant Li Muchan on the spot.
Not only that, there were dozens of extraordinary masters behind the young man who rushed to the left and right at the same time, cutting off Li Muchan's retreat.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense. The morning breeze swept across the wilderness, stirring up clouds of dust. A murderous aura filled the air, shocking the people watching in the city so much that they dared not even breathe.
There were two people who had spoken and scolded earlier. One was Eunuch Zhang, one of the Eight Tigers, and the other was Yang Zheng.
The two men, one on the left and one on the right, flashed behind the young man. Although they did not take any action, the energy around them was already surging.
The young man was stunned for a moment as he looked at Li Muchan sitting right in front of him. He then waved his hand, signaling everyone behind him to leave. He then said with a half-smile, "Master of Jianghu? You're so arrogant! No one in the world dares to speak to me like that. Do you know this is a capital crime? I can kill you at any time."
Li Muchan casually shook his sleeves, brushed off the dust on the low table, and said softly, "You can't do it."
"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, the smile on the young man's face disappeared instantly. "What did you say?"
Li Muchan glanced at the group of masters behind him, as well as the thousands of soldiers, and smiled without looking away. "I said, you can't kill me. Not only me, but even those people in Luoyang City, you can't touch them."
The young man raised his eyebrows, a murderous look flashing in his eyes, but he said calmly, "Are you Li Muchan, the leader of the Tianxia Alliance?"
"It's me," Li Muchan nodded, but he quickly asked, "Are you the current emperor?"
The young man smiled instead of getting angry. He casually picked up a piece of dessert from the low table and ate it slowly while saying, "It seems you're very confident you can escape unscathed. Why don't you tell me why? Now you're trapped in this massive enemy formation, with no way out, yet you still dare to act so recklessly. I really want to know how brave you are. Do you think that because you've mastered some peerless skills, you can ignore the imperial court?"
Li Muchan gently pressed his knees, lowered his eyes to look at his hands, and said gently, "Why do you always think that my greatest confidence is my martial arts?"
The young man said "Oh" and asked curiously, "What is that?"
Li Muchan laughed and said, "Of course it's money... Money can make the world go round. This ability to control ghosts and communicate with gods is far more powerful than my martial arts skills alone."
The young man seemed to not understand.
Eunuch Zhang sneered, "What a joke! Now that you can barely protect yourself, are you still trying to buy your life with money?"
Li Muchan glanced at him and said calmly, "The imperial court's annual tax revenue is only a few million taels. Since you and those seven are collectively known as the Eight Tigers, you should know how much private wealth that Eunuch Liu has secretly accumulated. Over the years, he has used the Qinglong Society to plunder the martial arts world and intimidate officials. The wealth he has accumulated is nothing more than a mountain of gold and silver, or even wealth comparable to that of a nation..."
Yang Zheng frowned and asked, "What do you want to say?"
Li Muchan replied, "I just want to say that Eunuch Liu is very rich, and I am even richer than him."
"So what?" the young man said dismissively, "What's yours, what's his, will eventually be mine."
Li Muchan shook his head. "That's not necessarily true, because before coming to Luoyang, I had the members of the alliance do something."
Yang Zheng's eyes flashed, and he asked, "What?"
Li Muchan said, "Buy rice."
His words confused everyone; the more he spoke, the stranger it became.
Li Muchan slowly explained, "Ever since I met you two that day, I've secretly ordered all my major trading companies, merchants, and caravans that carry goods from north to south to start buying up rice, flour, and grain from the north at all costs. We've also cut off the grain transport routes. What do you think the people from the Tianxia Alliance have been doing?"
The young man may have been in the deep palace for too long and did not understand what this meant, but Yang Zheng's expression changed drastically. He had heard the danger in it.
Yang Zheng said in a deep voice: "Even if you are all-powerful, the time is short. How much trouble can you stir up?"
Li Muchan sighed, "Whether the storm is strong or not is not up to you. Huainan has been suffering from drought for years, the two rivers are suffering from floods, and the northwestern provinces are also plagued by natural disasters. Do you think the remaining grain is enough for them? Why not guess how much government grain is left? How many corrupt officials are there? How many granaries are full?"
The young man finally understood, and the wine glass in his hand shattered silently.
"You thief, are you going to bring disaster to the world?" Eunuch Zhang said sternly.
Food is the most important thing for people. If Li Muchan really does this, I'm afraid the north will not last more than a year, and there will be starving people and bones everywhere.
By then, the world will be in turmoil and refugees will be everywhere. Will this country still belong to the Zhu family?
Li Muchan sighed softly and said, "It's not just the north. Have you forgotten that the martial arts of the seven provinces of Jiangnan also have to obey my orders? The life and death of this world is in my hands. Now, if I want the world to turn upside down, it will turn upside down. If I want the earth to turn upside down, it will turn upside down. I can die, and the people of Luoyang City can die too, but before I die, I will fight you to the death and take your Zhu family kingdom with me."
"Now," Li Muchan looked at the young man with a gloomy look in his eyes, "Do you dare to kill me?"
The young man's eyes were gloomy and his expression was complicated. He was caught off guard and seemed a little surprised and doubtful.
This loss is really unclear.
He never expected that Li Muchan would do such a thing.
He had thought about the fighting in the martial arts world, the competition between masters, the contest of strength, and the struggle for dominance, and he had prepared for it. After all, Li Muchan had extraordinary skills and was the overlord of Jiangnan. He was not afraid even if the people of the Tianxia Alliance rebelled. But this one move was so unconventional that it was hard to imagine.
Moreover, this person must not only not die but must live well. Only when this person is alive can the world be stable and the world of martial arts be peaceful.
The young man's eyes narrowed slightly, and with a clench of his five fingers, the wine glass in his hand turned into powder, and even the wine evaporated completely.
This person is also very secretive.
The young man looked at Li Muchan deeply, and was silent for a long time. He took a deep breath and said softly, "Well, good Li Muchan, you are indeed extraordinary. I... will not kill you."
The more he spoke, the more serious his tone became. The last three words sounded like a drop of metal or stone, extremely heavy.
Then the young man asked again: "What do you want?"
The situation was changing. Hearing the change in the other party's tone, Li Muchan pointed towards Luoyang City without turning back and said softly, "I will protect these people."
The young man's narrow brows first furrowed, then relaxed again. He also looked towards Luoyang City, at the people in the martial arts world who were eagerly waiting for his final fate, and softly uttered a word, "Okay!"
The young man turned his gaze towards Li Muchan again, waved his sleeves, and said in a deep voice, "Retreat!"
